The anniversary of Anna Nicole Smith’s death and the inquest of her son Daniel have once again brought the topic of drug overdoses involving methadone to the forefront. There has been a dramatic rise in methadone overdoses over the past 10 years. Originally used primarily for treating drug abuse, methadone is increasingly being prescribed for the treatment of chronic pain when other analgesics do not provide adequate pain relief.
The FDA recently repeated a 2007 Public Health Advisory...

